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Renick Cadillac/Subaru Case Settles for
$15,000

This page last reviewed October 25, 2010

Staff from the
Mobile Source
Enforcement Section discovered that Renick Cadillac/Subaru, located in
Fullerton, California, offered for sale and sold to California
residents Tomcar
utility vehicles that were equipped with Large Spark Ignition (LSI)
certified
by ARB, but licensed by Renickthrough
DMV for on-road use.These
vehicles
pre-date the new regulations for off-highway recreational vehicles that
require
a vehicle certification.Licensing
these
vehicles for on-road use is a violation of California Health and Safety
Code
Sections 43150 through 43153.Renick
Cadillac/Subaru and Tomcar USA
worked with ARB and the consumers to buy the vehicles back and remove
them from
California,
or they assisted the owners to get green stickers for legal off-road
use.
Tomcar paid the penalties for Renick Cadillac/Subaru and $15,000 was
paid into
the Air Pollution Control Fund in September 2010 to settle these
violations.